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Samantha Kidd recently added an unexpected skill to her fashion-heavy resume: solving a crime. But amateur sleuthing doesn't pay the bills. A new retailer shows interest in hiring her as their handbag buyer, but there's one big red flag: the last buyer was killed on the job.
Moving back to her old hometown was about leaving that career path behind, but Samantha's out of options. When another person at the store is murdered, the walls close in like...
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National bestselling author Diane Vallere delivers your new favorite fashionable amateur sleuth! Join Samantha Kidd as she trades high fashion for dirty laundry and learns a great wardrobe isn't enough to turn your life around, let alone catch a killer. She expected the fashion industry to be ruthless. She wasn't prepared for it to turn deadly.Ready to redesign her life, style expert Samantha Kidd accepts a job in her Pennsylvania hometown as a...
3) Gilt Trip
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All that glitters isn't gold in Samantha Kidd's latest mystery…
When Samantha Kidd's jewel of a husband, shoe designer Nick Taylor, is named a finalist for Designer of the Year at an industry function, Samantha sponsors a banquet table and invites close friends and family to the celebration. But by the time the night arrives, most of them aren't on speaking terms. Even romance with Nick suffers thanks to his dad's move into the couple's spare bedroom.
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Samantha Kidd has gotten the swing of sleuthing, but she's an absolute beginner when it comes to being a spy... When Samantha Kidd places the winning bid on a mystery trunk from the estate of a sixties pop star, she's over the moon-until she opens it and discovers more than mod fashions: top secret papers that suggest something more menacing than miniskirts. Repeated attempts to steal the trunk motivate Samantha to sell it-but not until after she's...
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Nacre Bleu!Amateur sleuth Samantha Kidd's life is finally on track. It's her normally cultured friend Cat whose life has lost its luster: eight months pregnant and abandoned by her husband the week before Christmas. She ropes Samantha into helping at her boutique, but a string of jewelry thefts threatens her business. And when Cat's husband is found strangled with pearls inside the shop, the last thing she's concerned with is profit. Samantha tries...
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When Samantha Kidd is invited to fill a vacated spot in a secret society, she jumps at the chance. The group's mission is to preserve famous fashion patterns through memorization and pass them down to future generations, but Samantha's dreams of Chanel jackets and Halston dresses are dashed when she's assigned the 501 jean. And when the retiring denim expert turns up dead, she fears there's more than fashion history at stake. Garments from the deceased...
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Amateur Sleuth Samantha Kidd is in over her head. With no job prospects on the horizon, former fashion buyer Samantha Kidd convinces boyfriend and shoe designer Nick Taylor to give her a job. But when close friend Eddie asks for help with an exhibit of vintage Hollywood costumes, she splits her time between romance and comedy--until a dead man claims all of her attention. Brimming with good intentions, she leave the investigation to the cops, but...
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She wanted to visit a friend. The "friend" wants to get out of jail. Can Samantha find new evidence to clear a convicted killer? Fashionista Samantha Kidd's new role as style columnist for the local paper encourages her to attend events and discover new trends. But when an out-of-the-blue invitation to visit an acquaintance arrives, standing out is the last thing she wants. The acquaintance is the heiress to a pretzel fortune-or she would be if she...
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She agreed to work for her boyfriend's ex. A break-up made her an ex, too. Can she trust the woman at the center of her love life crisis?Samantha Kidd's love life is lukewarm. After agreeing to help her ex-boyfriend's maybe-former girlfriend with a runway show, she hides her broken heart behind her reputation. But when she's assaulted outside the venue, accusations of attention-seeking make her lose her cool.Determined to find her attacker,...
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Reports of Madison Night's death have been greatly exaggerated…
When a junior copy editor at the local newspaper mistakenly uses interior decorator Madison Night's life story in the obituary of a recently deceased woman with a similar name, Madison's life turns upside down. Addison Nigh, a once in-demand jazz vocalist, had fallen into obscurity, and her death notice surprises only those who thought she died decades ago.
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11) Union Jacked
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Royally Screwed!When a British investment company buys Samantha Kidd's troubled retail employer, she finds herself torn between her role as management and the unionized employees picketing for better pay. Her only distraction is the retirement party she's planning for Detective Loncar on the side. But when a shooter fires into the crowd outside the store and injures two men, Samantha's priorities shift. One victim is the head of the union. The other...
12) Cement Stilettos
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Leave the cannoli. Take the shoes!When newly engaged amateur sleuth Samantha Kidd discovers the body of a mafia princess dead in fiancé and shoe designer Nick Taylor's showroom, her questions are so numerous she'd need a bookie to keep track. The victim's ties to local organized crime are unexpected. Nick's apparent vow of silence makes Samantha question the vows in their future, and despite past promises, all bets are off. Wise guys and leopard...
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Nothing says "fresh start" like a birthday. But sometimes the past won't let you go...With her thirty-mumble-birthday on the horizon, amateur sleuth and fashion expert Samantha Kidd is determined to get her life under control. Her steady job at Retrofit Magazine comes with a paycheck, medical benefits, a 401K, and an assignment to dive into seventies style. She's prepared to report on patchwork velvet and platform shoes, but she never expected...
14) Panty Raid
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Vegas, Baby, Vegas!
When fashionista and amateur sleuth Samantha Kidd is assigned to cover the lingerie shows in Las Vegas, her excitement is more visible than her panty lines. Events in her hometown of Ribbon, Pennsylvania have made her a local celebrity, and a romantic getaway with fiancé Nick Taylor is timely.
But when a well-known lingerie model is found dead outside Nick and Samantha's hotel room window, their romantic escape turns brief....
15) Slay Ride
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Bah, Hashtag!When fashion insider Samantha Kidd lands a temporary assignment as a social media influencer two weeks before Christmas, she dives into the world of lifestyle goals. The job provides props to encourage drool-worthy posts, but when a colleague goes missing, the illusion of the perfect life fades like an out-of-date filter.The only clues are found on his Instagram timeline, which Samantha knows has been staged. Maintaining appearances takes...
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